IC 4876
| Galaxy IC 4876 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | telescope |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19 h 37 m 42.8 s |
| declination | -52 ° 50 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018596 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5575 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(247 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.7 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | August 31, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4876 • PGC 63434 • ESO 185-004 • IRAS 19338-5257 • 2MASX J19374278-5250337 • SGC 193349-5257.3 • LDCE 1349 NED002 | |
IC 4876 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Telescope in the southern sky . It is an estimated 247 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across .
The galaxies IC 4875 , IC 4877 , IC 4879 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on August 31, 1904 .